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roundish-ovate lower one stalked bracteate sheathless erect, fr. 
ovate ohscurely veined injlated, beak short, nut roundish mucro- 
nate, gl. bluntish. — jE". B. 2045. Schk. Cc. 88.— St. 6—8 in. 
high. Gl. dark purple tipped with white, midrib dark purple. 
Fr. dark purple paler at the base, longer than the gl., stalked. — 
C. saxaiilis (Linn. Herb.), but Andersson says that the true 
plant is C. rigida. — Wet parts of the higher Scottish mountains. 
66. C. Grahdmi (Boott) ; male spikes 1 or 2 slender acute, 
fertile 2 or 3 ovate blunt lower one stalked bracteate sheath- 
less, fr. ohlong-orate strongly ribbed inflated narrowed into a 
short bifid beak, nut oblong compressed triquetrous below not h 
as long as the perianth, gl. acute.— i". B. S. 2923.— St. 1—2 ftT 
high. Gl. fuscous, with the tip and midrib pale. Fr. pale or 
darkish brown, nearly twice as long as the gl., with several 
strong ribs on each side. — Glen Fiadh, Clova. Ben Cruban, 
Killin. P. VII. S. 
XX Male spikes many. Stigtnas 3. Bracts not sheathing. 
67. C. ampuUucea (Good.) ; fertile spikes 2 — 4 remote cylin- 
drical erect stalked, bracts leaflike, fr. subghbose injlated sud- 
denly narrowed into a long sletuler beak, nut obovate ti-iangular, 
st. smootii tvith blunt angles. — K B. 780. Schk. Tt. 107. H. h. 
65. a. 277. — St. 1 — 2 feet high, trigonous. L. glaucous, channeled. 
68. C. vesicdi'ia (L.) ; fertile spikes 2 — 4 remote cylindrical, 
bracts leaflike, fr. ovate-ccfnical itiflated gradually narro2ved into 
a subulate bifid beak, nut elliptic triangular, st. rmth acute angles. — 
KB. 779. Schk. Sa. 106. H.h.64. iE. 276.— St. 2 feet high, 
gular, roughish near the top. L. rather broad, green. — ^. involuta ; 
i. naiTOw folded into a ^-cylinder, midrib of gl. apiculate, fr. nar- 
rower. — Wet bogs. /3. Hale Moss, Manchester. Mr. J. Side- 
botham. Congleton, Chesh. 3Ir. E. Wilson. P. V. E. S. I. 
69. C. paluddsa (Good.) ; gl. of the barren spikes blunt, anth. 
apiculate, fertile spikes cylindrical blunt, bracts leaflike, fr. ob- 
long-obovate compressed with a shoH bifid beak, nut roundish- 
obovate triangular, st. with acute angles. — E. B. 807. Schk. 
Oo. 103. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, angles rough. L. broad. Fr. 
sometimes recurved at the tip, stig. sometimes 2. — ^. spadicea ; 
gl. of fertile spikes with a long rough beak. — Wet places. ^. 
Littlehampton, Suss. Mr. Mitten. P. Y. E. S. I. 
70. C. ripdria (Curt.); gl. of the barren sjnkes acute, anth. 
with a long point, fertile spilces acute cjlindrical, bracts leaflike, 
fr. oblong-ovate convex on both sides narrowed into a short broad 
cloven beak, nut ppifonn triangular, st. with acute angles. — 
E. B. 579. Schk. Qq. & lir. 105. H. b. GO.- St. 3—4 feet high, 
S. 
— Very wet bogs. P. N\. 
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